TEMPUS CORINTHIAM

200Guide of Good Practices TEMPUS CORINTHIAMInternational Mobility ProgrammeThe general objective of this programme is to extend mobility on three axes:• The number of members from the university community (students, facultyand staff) participating in mobility programmes.• The destinations offered, including –in addition to the wide range of Europeandestinations involved in the Erasmus programme- agencies and institutionsrelated to higher education around the world.• The activities supported, including new areas of study in strategic institutions,and fostering additional areas like work internships or professional exchangesfor staff.Furthermore, the role of the Universidade de Vigo’s Language Centre will be extendedto become the instrument that completes this process. To increase the numberof individuals participating in mobility, the university community needs to reach aconvenient level of linguistic competence in other languages other than Spanish andGalician, mostly in English. Moreover, the development of the EHEA after its initialimplementation requires policies aimed at improving the language skills of students,as studying abroad is one of the cornerstones of the new system.Thus, the goals of this programme are:• Establish new mobility agreements in strategic geographical areas, mainlyin Asia (China, Taiwan, Japan, Korea and India), Africa, Australia, Canada,Latin América (Brazil, Argentina, Mexico, Colombia and Chile) and theMediterranean, taking into account the strategic policies of our internationalcampus of excellence (Delgado, 2011).• Strengthen the existing mobility structure within Europe, promoting theextension of exchange agreements with institutions of strategic interest toinclude new areas of study.• Extend the range of mobility, increasing the participation of all members ofthe university community, and increasing the existing offer related to workinternships and temporal placements for staff.Resources will be allocated to undertake tasks targeted to:• Organise visits to institutional partners of special interest and promote theparticipation in events, fairs and training weeks aimed at attracting exchangestudents. Participation in trade fairs and similar events will take place incoordination with other universities in Galicia.• Increase the attractiveness of mobility through the extension of the mobilityoffer. Negotiate new bilateral agreements outside the Erasmus Programme,